Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-04
The ANARCHISTS uRDGRE

The ANARCHISTS uRBGHE
Fnnal Act ofthe United states supr. maj
C0urt-ConveyinG the News to the
Condemned Men. 2
Washington, Noy. 2-The United
States supreme court to .day denied the
application for a writ OF error in the
case of the Chicago anarchists. With
the exception OF tne counsel for the an
arehists aud a few sJmpathizsrs with the
anarchists themselves, there were in the
crowded chambers few who were sur
prised when the Justices announced
their unanimous conclusion. There
were present many OF the eminent law.
gers who practice before that bar. The
attorney general Of Illinois, Mr.. Hunt.
took q 81 at near the rear of the area de-
voted to the bar. Moses solomon. re-
presenting the anarchists, sat near him
j.. Randolph Tucker, the only other nt-
torney Tor the anarchists in the chamber.
sat at the long table reserved Tor law.
yers Immediately engaged In a case, and
at his left was Gen. Brietow, ex, secretary
oil the treasury. ana OF his right ex-(4oy-
ernor Chamberlain OF south UsroIipa.
There were g number oil. congressman
within the bar. Outside She railing there
was the usual crowd. Hardly had tbe
words OF the crier, s.aod save this honor.
able court" died away, when Uhief
j ustice Waite took from a large broom
envelope q qnire or two OF legal csp.
without further announcements, and COM
mepced to read the decision. The oonrt
listened to the reading OF the opinion
with more attention than ia usually given
to routine. The chief Justice was solemn.
q read distinctly and with measured
tones. His enumeration is not aiways
b dearest, but there we're few words OF
long decision, which consumed nearly
three-quarters OF an hour in reading.
that we're not heard in the xemosest
corners OF the chamber. The audience
maintained the most pronounced silence.
q there was not q movement in the
room until the last decisive word had
been uttered. The decision announced5
the clerk called the next case. The
greater portion of the persons present in
the audience n within the bar left the
chamber and the ordinary routine of the
court proceeded. Tie last appeal in the
most important criminat case that had
ever come to the United States suprema
court was at an end.
Attorney General Hunt said:
Ihuse OF rs who were connected With
the case on the side OF etate, never anti
cipated anything different, and in ths
result yon see, every point, we made has
been sustained. Aside from the merits of
EMS particular case, the decision ia of
great Importance, for It finally settles
the principle that the law which provides
LOT an intelligent jury 10 constitutional.
These, states, | believe, are all that have
ADOPTED the new Jury law-Naw .Yors, !
michigan, illinois, Colorado, Nebraska.
Arkanras, and to some extent
And I am very glad
oil these states were brought In!
cRse.
MIR. Hunt was asked il he was willing
express any opinion as to the possible |
intervention of the executive oil Illinois |
behalf of the condemned men. That |
o question which, in view of his
position and his relation to the case, he
preferred to say nothing about for pub,
but il is evidently the impress.
of MIR. Hunt that the full sentence
Of the Law will be executed. Inauiredl
again II there was any danger appfe-
hended OF sn outbreak in Chicago on the
day OF execution or before, he said:
l don't think there is any reason to
Apprehend any disturbance. The police
Of Chicago showed by their heroic con-
Duct on then night of the hay-market ex-
that they are equal to great oc-
,asions, and l think the civil government
Of the city of Chicago, which
mas been so we'll vindicated all through
these proceedings and at the decision OF
supreme oourt, will be equal to any
emergency that may arise. The days OIL
ID. bomb-throwers in this country are
THE CONDEMNED MEN.
Chicago, Nov. 2-Ths third GREAT
event in the historical leass OF the -cou-l
demned anarchists--the denial of the
for 3 writ of error by the SUI
preme court of the United States-has
not caused any notiosablas sensation in
he city OF Chicago. In the business
parts OF the city, where the newsboys
zero ~shonting .sxiras' with the news
rom Washington this afternoon, there
was . little excitement. O1piss OF the
papers were eagerly bought and little
zronpe. would collect around the pur-
'haser TO hear the news. The policeman
,yerYwhsre were ~espenlally interested
apparently without %exoeptio, iihey
VI bonght copies of the papers contsin-
ns the news. Bat this little Harry
scarcely lasted On hopr and now there is
lot the slightest excitement around the
~! or anywhers else. There is no mis-
akins the feeling Of Chicago, however,
N this question. With teY exceptions
he inai decision rs rece;ssd with satis-
acfirns II hss fir q few dsre heen CON /.
1sffaa instieaiia eo1eilsifn here that
wrst OF siror sonid he denied, 80
hat b news TO day was in q measure
Each Of the nnndannnad